Islam: Children

Follow @TheCircumvent Marrying an 11-year-old girl? Is this in Islam? “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent All cultures and religions deal with child sexual abuse. Only in Islam does it continue to flourish. The Circumvent has documented many examples of child sexual abuse. On November 21, 2017, the Associated Press released a report that sexual abuse… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Khaleej Times, February 20, 2018. A truck driver, who sexually abused an eight-year-old girl after he was left alone with her at an office, has been sentenced to one year in jail. The 35-year-old Bangladeshi was accused of… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, February 19, 2018. A six-year-old girl was allegedly raped by her stepfather in the Sachal area on Sunday, police said. Sachal SHO Abdul Ghaffar Shah said the police had arrested the suspect on a complaint of the… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Asian Image, February 11, 2018. (Archive link) A woman has spoken of the distressing pressure she felt from her in-laws to give birth to a baby boy after having three girls in succession. Fauzia, not her real name,… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Malaysiakini, February 11, 2018. (Archive link) A soldier was charged in the Port Dickson Magistrate’s Court today with the murder of his nine-year-old daughter last month. According to Bernama, Mohammad Abdullah Mohamed, 35, nodded after the charge was… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent “Asian,” being, of course, the newer euphemism for describing men of “North African/Mediterranean” appearance. Evening Standard, February 11, 2018. A man tried to rape a 10-year-old girl after she became separated from her friends in Manchester, according to… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, February 11, 2018. Police on Sunday arrested two suspects over charges of raping a 13-year-old girl in Gharibabad locality of Larkana, officials said. The victim’s father lodged a complaint with the police on Friday, after which a… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent The continuous stories of Islamic child abuse. Khaleej Times, February 4, 2018. (Archive link) A lorry driver, who allegedly sexually abused an 8-year-old girl after he was left alone with her at an office, was charged in court… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent The News Pakistan, February 5, 2018. (Archive link) A nine-year-old girl was raped at Mohallah Mushar Colony, Arifwala, on Sunday. The daughter of Allah Rakhi was on her way when accused Tariq intercepted her and took her to… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Star Online, February 3, 2018. (Archive link) A father, who has been remanded for physically abusing his nine-year-old daughter until she died has admitted to police that he used a belt issued by the military to beat her… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent New Indian Express,February 4, 2018. (Archive link) A teacher of a Madrasa (religious seminary) in strife-torn Kashmir has been arrested by police for allegedly sodomising a minor student inside a Madrassa. A police official said a student (name… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Wait, what’s this? An Islamic cleric teaming up with other men involved in rape? Unfortunately, this is common. See more, too. The Cable, February 3, 2018. (Archive link) A 13-year-old girl allegedly raped by eight men, including an… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Yet another case of a seven-year-old (specifically) being raped and murdered. Express Tribune, February 2, 2018. In yet another gruesome incident of sexual abuse of children, a seven-year-old boy was found raped and killed at an under construction… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent You ask, they are young boys, surely this behavior has no place in Islam? However, the Qur’an does mention young boys: “Those are the ones brought near in the Gardens of Pleasure, a company of the former peoples and… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent According to a UNICEF estimate in 2008, “as many as 91 percent of married Egyptian women are survivors of FGM,” the barbaric practice which, according to WHO, have no known health benefits, and is sanctioned in Islamic law: “Circumcision is obligatory… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent The alliance of the Left and Islam: Protect, protect, protect, even at the risk of your own family. January 24: Mother is #MeToo feminist Daily Mail Online, January 24, 2018. An Afghan migrant who molested a 12-year-old Swedish… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Sunderland Echo, January 19, 2018. This is the moment an asylum seeker who ‘didn’t understand’ that it was illegal to have sex with a child was snared by paedophile hunters. Adil Sultan turned up to meet a 14-year-old… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent “The Prophet wrote the (marriage contract) with Aisha while she was six years old and consummated his marriage with her while she was nine years old and she remained with him for nine years (i.e. till his death)”… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Dawn, January 19, 2018. An eight-year-old girl was raped in Dina area of the Jhelum District allegedly by a relative, Dawn News reported on Friday. The girl’s father said that on Wednesday the child was with her mother… Continue Reading →

Follow @TheCircumvent Dunya News, January 18, 2018. An under custody suspect, who is a Quran teacher, on Thursday confessed to have raped a seven-year-old girl in Okara. According to police, culprit Abdul Malik said that he trickily stopped the girl… Continue Reading →